Meeting Up With History

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Again my online travels have amazed me. I found the passenger lists and the ship my parents took when they left Germany for the New World. They boarded the General Harry Taylor at Bremerhaven, Germany on January 12. My mom Elvira Raisters was 39 and my dad Eriks Raisters was 45. They arrived in New York Harbor on January 22, 1951. During their voyage my dad unpleasantly slammed a finger in the door and with no antestetic was plied with vodka while the doctor fixed it. Many moons later I had the displeasure of slamming the same finger in an apartment door. Like father like daughter. On the amusing side I found a photo of my father taken somewhere in Germany where he is holding a leg against a tree. As a teenager I went with her to visit mom's friends guess where? in Offenbach, Germany. There I had a photo taken of me in their garden holding one leg against a tree. After I found the photo of my father I put both together and isn't it amazing talking about family ties.